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Yan Zhuang took a sip of tea, and then said slowly: "My plan falls on the body of King Qing Li Cong." ”

Li Qing'an woke up a little, so he smiled and said: "Mr. means to say, let King Qing go to Dunhuang!" ”

"That's what I mean, if Shazhou can become King Qing's long-term residence, then the general can logically garrison Shazhou, of course, if King Qing's focus is on Hexi, then Shazhou still belongs to Hexi, but if King Qing pays attention to Anxi, then Shazhou actually belongs to Anxi."

Li Qing'an paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, Yan Zhuang's method is really good, pulling the tiger skin as a banner, King Qing is this tiger skin, his official position is the pacification envoy of the Longyou Dao Domains, the Hu Domains of Hexi and Longyou belong to his pacification range, and it is difficult to ask about Longyou in Hexi for a long time, if you are stationed in Dunhuang, then all sides can be taken into account in name, it is indeed a good way, as for King Qing's willingness to go to Dunhuang, Li Qing'an is not worried, with Yan Kai here, King Qing is a tool of his own.

"This matter is not in a hurry for the time being, and when the Tubo Battle starts, you had better create some opportunities for Li Cong to go to Dunhuang to become famous."

"The subordinates understand that the subordinates will arrange this matter, and the subordinates want to discuss the food issue with the general."

Yan Zhuang is mainly in charge of all kinds of military supplies in Broken Leaves, of which food is the top priority in his duties, and now Li Qingan is also extremely sensitive to food, Yan Zhuang said this, Li Qingan is also worried.

"What's wrong with the grain?"

Yan Zhuang sighed slightly and said: "There are 200,000 stones of grain in Broken Leaves, I thought that the immigrants from the Central Plains would come in a few months, but I didn't expect them to arrive in large numbers, and the food was insufficient!" ”

"How many have you arrived?"

Li Qingan frowned and said, he really forgot about the matter of immigration, the vast majority of immigrants went to Beiting to Broken Leaves, and were received by hundreds of officials along the way.

"Before I came, there were already 9,300 households, and they are still coming, if it increases to 30,000 households within two months, then we will leave at least 50,000 stone of grain for the resettlement of migrants."

"What if it's 100,000?"

Li Qing'an knew that the Hedong disaster, the imperial court had taken the immigration of Anxi as a solution to the disaster, and only the 300,000 victims in the customs had to be transferred to Anxi, which was far more than 30,000 households.

"If it arrives one after another, it can bear it, but if it arrives in two months, the 200,000 stone grain of broken leaves can only be used to resettle the migrants."

Li Qingan got up and put on his coat and said, "Prepare a car for me!" ”

At this time, there was a report from the guards outside the door: "General, the Great Food Messenger asks to see!" ”

He was about to go to him, but he took the initiative to come to the door, which is the best, Li Qingan was not in a hurry, he sat down and picked up the tea bowl and said: "Take him to the guest room and wait, I will deal with government affairs." ”

．．．．．．． In your room, Mansur was in a somewhat apprehensive mood drinking tea, although he signed a peace treaty with the Tang Dynasty emperor in Chang'an, but after entering Anxi, he slowly came back to his senses, I am afraid that signing a contract with the Tang Dynasty emperor is just a formality, and whether he can really release people depends on Li Qing'an's attitude, in Chang'an he did not have a good relationship with Li Qing'an, which made him regret it slightly.

After drinking a cup of tea, he didn't see Li Qing'an's shadow, the guards gave him another cup of tea very diligently, Mansur endured the surname and drank another cup of tea, but he still didn't see Li Qing'an's shadow, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, so he got up and walked out of the door, an old man was slowly sweeping the floor in the yard.

"Excuse me, ..... you generals"

Mansour didn't have the confidence to ask any more, and the old man didn't even raise his head, and he didn't understand the language! Helplessly, Mansur had to come back and sit down, pick up a piece of fine points to eat, suddenly he thought of something, put the fine points on his nose and smelled them, there was a faint smell of lard, so frightened that he hurriedly put it down, and then there was a sound of footsteps outside the courtyard.

Mansur was surprised for a while, and quickly stood up, but it was the pro-soldier who poured the tea just now who came in, the pro-soldier smiled apologetically, and poured him another cup of tea, Mansur sighed and sat down in disappointment, this pro-soldier also did not understand the language.

The soldiers poured water and went out again, Mansur was depressed, and took a few sips of tea slowly, he suddenly felt something, and when he looked up, he saw Li Qingan appear at the door at some point, looking at him with a smile.

"Ahh Mansour quickly stood up, pressed his hand to his chest and saluted.

Li Qingan arched his hand and smiled: "I'm sorry, someone happened to report on military affairs, and it was delayed for a while, so His Highness waited for a long time." ”

Perhaps because Li Qing'an was familiar with the big food, Mansour had an inexplicable sense of affection for him, and hurriedly smiled: "The general is polite, I came abruptly and disturbed the general's official business." ”

"Huh!" Li Qingan smiled, waved his hand and said, "Your Highness, please take a seat!" ”

"General, please sit down, too."

The two sat down, and the soldiers served tea to the two of them again, Li Qingan picked up the teacup and sighed: "Chang'an farewell, it's only been less than two months, but I feel that a long time has passed, it seems that a few years have passed, and the time is wonderful, which is overwhelming." ”

"It turns out that the general is also sentimental, I can't think of it!"

The two exchanged a few words, Mansur groaned, and said: "I just signed a contract with His Majesty the Emperor of the Gui Dynasty, and the Emperor of the Gui Dynasty personally promised to release the prisoners of war. ”

As he spoke, he took out the contract, handed it to Li Qingan and said with a smile: "General, please take a look!" ”

The smile on Li Qingan's face disappeared, he took the contract and looked at it carefully, then put it on the table and said, "Your Highness, this contract is right, but I can't rely on this contract to do things, I'm sorry, Your Highness!" ”

Mansour's heart sank suddenly, it was really difficult to deal with, Li Qing'an was next to him when he signed this contract, and he also participated in the negotiations, but now he doesn't admit it.

"Then I don't know what the general has to do to count?"

"Your Highness doesn't know the regulations of my Tang Dynasty, if I want to implement this contract, I must have the approval of the imperial court, otherwise I have no choice."

"Then when will the approval of your court come?"

Li Qingan took a sip of tea and wrote lightly: "I don't know about this, alas! Now the imperial court is getting more and more ineffective, a year later, half a year soon, if His Royal Highness is in a hurry, then you might as well send someone to Chang'an to urge, maybe they will hurry up. ”

What kind of person is Mansur, he is the prince of the Great Food Empire, how shrewd, of course he heard that Li Qing'an was shirking, even if the approval of the imperial court was sent, he would say no, this method of delaying and shirking is very easy, and finally when he gets the approval with great difficulty, Li Qing'an will not see it out of thin air, or he will not be able to release him for a long time, and it will not be a problem to delay it for three or five years, the key to this is the exchange of interests, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty may want to save face, and he did not consider this, but the person is in the hands of Li Qing'an, and he is his prisoner of war, how could he let people go so easily, compare his heart to his heart, and he Mansur would not let go either.

Mansur knew it, but just now he was a little full of words, it must be approved by the imperial court, and now he changes his words, it seems that the face of the two of them is not passable, he wants to say that the 1,000 prisoners of war in the Tang Dynasty have been released, but the weight of these words is too light, he can't take it, his lips moved, and he couldn't say a word.

At this time, Li Qingan picked up the contract again, looked at it carefully and said with a smile: "Besides, our emperor only agreed to release people, and did not say that they must be released for free, so this contract must be discussed again." ”

Mansur's spirits perked, Li Qing'an finally spoke, he really guessed well, it was not a matter of imperial court approval, it was a matter of how much compensation, Mansur then understood, in fact, there was no need to go to Chang'an at all, just talk to Li Qing'an, now I am afraid that he will not speak, as long as he speaks, he is willing to pay as much as he wants.

Mansour hurriedly smiled: "Of course, we didn't say that we would take people away for nothing, as long as the general is willing to release people, we can negotiate the ransom, I don't know how much the general will cost?" ”

"Huh! My Highness and I hit it off at first sight, and it's a bit vulgar to talk about money, but I remember Your Highness said that although you Arabs are brothers all over the world, you don't owe strangers friendship casually, and I also understand the customs of the Arabs, and I won't embarrass Your Highness, just make appropriate compensation. ”

"I don't know how much this is appropriate?" Mansour knew that Li Qing'an's appropriateness would never be a small number, but he also had to redeem the 20,000 prisoners of war, so he could only prepare for the worst.

"Your Highness, in fact, I am a reasonable person, and I don't want any war reparations, I just need to be compensated, and I will settle an account for Your Highness!"

The better Li Qing'an spoke, the more worried Mansur became, and he nodded and said, "General, please speak." ”

Li Qingan took a sip of tea slowly, and then he didn't hurry to calculate for him: "First of all, the food of 20,000 prisoners of war, from October last year to the present, half a year has passed, and the prisoners of war have eaten a lot, and everything they eat, wear, live, and use costs money, and this money has to be compensated for the food, which is one; The second is the compensation for the mining of silver mines, and I am ready to use them to mine silver mines for five years before releasing them, for the sake of His Highness's sincerity, I will shorten the calculation to three years! It's been half a year now, and there are still two and a half years, and in these two and a half years, how much silver ore the prisoners of war need to mine, this big food must also be compensated to me. ”

Mansour's eyes are going to be heard, and the compensation for the food consumed is just that, and he actually has to pay for the mining compensation in the next two and a half years, how much will it be, that is simply an incredible number, Mansur has already understood that Li Qing'an wants the lion to open his mouth, but the 20,000 Syrian and Khorasan prisoners of war have a great relationship, especially the families of the prisoners of war in Syria have begun to make trouble, if these noble soldiers are not redeemed, it will affect the throne of the caliph, which is also what His Majesty the Caliph repeatedly told when he left, In any case, the prisoners of war must be redeemed.

Mansour had no way out, so he had to grit his teeth, "General, please make it clear!" How much exactly? ”

Li Qingan smiled and said, "I don't want money, Da Shi just needs to give Tocharo to Datang." ”

"Nope! No way! ”

Mansur stood up in shock, shook his head resolutely, and said: "In any case, it cannot be repaid with land, and if so, we have nothing to talk about." ”

"In that case, Your Highness, please! That's the end of our negotiations, and in five years' time, I'll let them go, and I don't know how many people will be left by then. ”

"Then I'm leaving!"

Mansur said indignantly, turned around and left, Li Qingan didn't call him, just looked at his back and smiled without saying a word, Mansur finally slowed down when he walked to the gate, he sighed, how can he explain when he goes back!

Mansur slowly walked back and gave Li Qingan a deep salute, "General, I, Mansur, am begging for the first time, and I beg the General to release our prisoners of war, except for land, we can agree to any conditions." ”

Li Qingan showed a look of embarrassment on his face, and only after a while did he sigh and say, "Okay! I admire Your Highness as a heroic figure, please sit down and talk! ”

Mansour was overjoyed, as long as he didn't talk about the land, in fact, he could say anything, he sat down again, and said sincerely: "The general doesn't have to bargain with me anymore, I will buy it at the highest slave price in the Malaysian market, a prisoner of war 1,500 dinards of silver, a total of 30 million dinards, does the general think it's okay?" ”

Li Qingxin quickly calculated, if it was exchanged for grain, it would be equivalent to two million stone of grain, he didn't need money, he could mint silver dollars by himself, but what he urgently needed was grain, so he asked, "I don't know how much grain is in the warehouses of your country's Sindh and Punjab?" ”

Mansur looked up and thought about it, Sindh and Punjab were both well-known grain-producing areas, with abundant grain, and the grain there was under his jurisdiction, and although it had been shipped to Damascus in large quantities, there were still quite a few, and he remembered the surplus of grain there very well.

"If you change it to the weight of your country, there are about two and a half million stone grain."

Having said this, Li Qingan no longer concealed his request, and he said slowly: "Then I will officially put forward my conditions!" ”

"General, please."

"First, immediately release all Tang Army prisoners of war, even if they are dead, they must return their ashes."

"There is no problem, we have already done it, all the prisoners of war of the Tang Army have been returned to Samarkand, and there are no dead prisoners of war."

"Good!" Li Qing'an nodded and said: "The second condition is to hand over all the grain in Sindh and Punjab, that is, 2.5 million stones, to us as a ransom, and release the grain with one hand and release the people with the other. ”

Although this condition exceeded the ransom of 30,000,000 dinards offered by Mansur, it was much better than ceding Tochar, and besides, he himself had already said that he would agree to everything but land.

Mansour agreed without hesitation, "Good! We have made up our minds that I will exchange all the grain of Sindh and Punjab, two and a half million stones, for our twenty thousand prisoners of war, and I hope to sign a written agreement. ”

"Nope! There is no written agreement, you promise with Allah, and I promise by my credibility, that we will deliver the Aman River in the north of Kumi, give us the grain, and return the prisoners of war to you. ”

Mansur is not an ordinary person, Li Qingan cannot sign a written contract, and he is not reluctant, so he pressed his chest and said solemnly: "I, Mansur, swear to Allah that I will faithfully honor the terms we have reached, and within two months, all the grain will be handed over to the Tang army." ”

Li Qingan also said solemnly: "I, Li Qingan, also solemnly promise that as long as the conditions of the Great Food are fulfilled, within two months, all the prisoners of war in the Battle of Talas will be released one by one, and I will never regret my promise!" ”

The two stretched out their right palms and struck hard in the air, which was considered to have completed the formal negotiations for the exchange of prisoners of war, and as for the court documents, they all knew that it didn't matter whether they had it or not.

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(To be continued)